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Political shades map is similar to a political map, however different regions are represented by the tints and shades of the same color, not by different colors. The purpose of a political map of Upper West is to provide information about how people have divided up the world into countries and administrative regions.

Different colors distinguish highest level divisions, their sub-regions are coloured by various shades of the same color. The choice of the color for countries and regions is random.

A map projection is a way how to transform points on a Earth to points on a map. This map of Upper West uses Plate Carree projection. The Plate Carree projection is a simple cylindrical projection originated in the ancient times. It has straight and equally spaced meridians and parallels that meet at right angles.

All projections from a sphere to a plane are distorted. The drawback of the Plate Carree projection is that it doesn't make an attempt to compensate for these distortions. For the general view of Upper West, this is not a significant problem. The detailed maps use the Mercator projection which preserves the shape of small areas better.

Facts

Administrative classification

administrative region (level 1)

Subregions

5

South

9° 38' 11" N

North

11° 1' 8" N

West

2° 56' 44" W

East

1° 25' 25" W

Minimal elevation

90 m

Maximal elevation

490 m

Land/Water

mainland

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